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Interview of Lacino Hamilton by the opening statement (2)
INTERVIEW OF LACINO HAMILTON BY THE OPENING STATEMENT OS: What is the first thing you want people to know about living in prison? LACINO: That prison is an emotional and psychological torture that is far...
Knowing where we have been in order to know where we are going: From protest to politics
Atrium Press July 6, 2017 KNOWING WHERE WE HAVE BEEN IN ORDER TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING: FROM PROTEST TO POLITICS By Lacino Hamilton As activists fighting for racial equality encounter crises similar to...
Program of Neocolonialism taking place in America today
I need some help. I'm all over the place. PROGRAM OF NEOCOLONIALISM TAKING PLACE IN AMERICA TODAY As prisoners in Michigan and throughout the country begin the grueling process of breathing life back into the...
The school to prison pipeline
Ths School To Prison Pipeline By: Lacinq Hamilton Several years ago I hap the. distinct pleasure.. of participating in an "Are Prisons.Qbsolets" workshop at the Macomb Correctional.Pacility in New Hav Michigan. During a bathroom and...
We will sing, march and clap after we defeat police oppression
We Will Sing, March And Clap After We Defeat Police Oppression By: Lacino Hamilton Are American police more abusive and violent all of a sudden, or is the phenomenon of camera phones and cities...
No matter how many times
February 2, 2011 Dad, No matter how many times, how many ways, I explain the past 37 years of nonfulfillment, you seem to never understand. You did not understand whan I was fifteen when I...
Let's bridge the divide and create a transformative learning experience
Let s Bridge The Divide And Create A Transformative Learning Experience By: Lacino Hamilton Much of the criticism pushing the national conversation concerning U.S. mass incarceration appears to come from upper-middle-class politicians, scholars, and media...
An open letter to prisoner advocacy groups, and people that claim to stand in solidarity with prisoners
An Open Letter To Prisoner Advocacy Groups,And People That Claim To fitand In solidarity with Prisoners By: Lacino Hamilton Incarcerated people are aware that prisoner advocacy groups and people that claim to stand in solidarity...
Being sane in an insane place
Being Sane In An Insane Place By: Lacino Hamilton Incarceration is not just the concrete, the razor wire, bullet proof glass, or trained assassins watching from gun towers. Incarceration is not just the isolation, the...
Censorship in Michigan prisons
Censorship In Michigan Prisons By: Uacino Hamilton Today, another book was rejected. The fifth time in the past two mocks this has happened. All because the book wasn't soot from an "approved vondor." To the...
#Incarcerated lives matter
#Incarcerated Lives Matter By: Lacino Hamilton Just a few years ago, the crises of mass incarceration was largely thought of as an invisible issue. Talked about almost exclusively in abolitionist circles and on prison yards....
A more complicated framework may yield more decarceration options
A More Complicated Framework May Yield More Decarceration Options By: Lacino Hamilton Many incarcerated people find the sudden message of mass incarceration being a really bad idea, the right message, but the dominate narrative superficial....
Preface to a suicide letter to the Michigan parole board
Preface To A Suicide Letter To The Michigan Parole Board By: Lacino Hamilton When I shared with a friend that I was writing a preface to a suicide letter to the parle board he had...
Solitary confinement: prison within prison
Solitary Confinement: Prison Within Prison By: Lacino Hamilton I was recently reading Zachary Heiden's, When it comes to solitary confinement, U.S. fails the mice standard. Heiden begins by sharing that he learned about a...
The real solution to solving "crime" is building strong communities
The Real Solution To Solving "Crime" is Building Strong Communities By: Lacino Hamilton It doesn't require much deliberation to realize that burglary, rape, murder and other harms have reached proportions in some American cities...
At what point do we act out our ideas?
At What Point Do We Act Out Our Ideas? By: Lacino Hamilton Been trying to find space to observe and reflect on the world and where I find myself in it. Trying to find a...
Capitalism creates the need for prison
Capitalism Creates The Need For Prison By: Lacino Hamilton For many people in the U.S., the high hopes of securing a career, or at least a full-time job that pays a living wage, a relatively...
What is justice?
What is Justice? By: Lacino Hamilton A recent rash of publicized fatal shootings of unarmed black pedestrians by law enforcement officers has drew uproarious pleas of justice for the family and friends of those who...
Too much recidivism, too little treatment
Too Much Recidivism, Too Little Treatment By: Lacino Hamilton There is not a single explanation for recidivism. Rather, varying circumstances and combination of factors which include socio-economic disadvantages, unhealthy life styles, zero tolerant parole guidelines,...
The glow of false anti-racism
The Glow of False Anti-Racisim A person would have to be living under a rock not to have heard about Jewish-American, LA Clippers owner, Donald Sterling's repugnant comments about not wanting his half Black and...
To determine how people will behave once they enter prison, it is of first importance to know something about administrators and guards
To Determine How People Will Behave Once They Enter Prison, It Is Of First Importance To Know Something About Administrators And Guards By: Lacino Hamilton One of the unforeseen, and certainly unintended consequences of recent...
The explosive growth of police with a military orientation
The Explosive Growth of Police With a Military Orientation By: Lacino Hamilton Politicians in the U.S., as well as the mass media, have almost universally ignored the continuous expansion of the police. A significant move...
Street organizations. Today's challenge, tomorrow's hope
Street Organizations. Today's Challenge, Tomorrow's Hope Friday, 03 June 2016 By Lacino Hamilton [Image Description: photo of graffiti in Birmingham, Alabama] Graffiti for the Crips, a street organization, lines train tracks in Birmingham, Alabama,...
Lever pulling / push button democracy
Lever Pulling/Push Button Democracy By: Lacino Hamilton Several months into the 2016 presidential race, I am still trying to my impressions of the dominate narrative, "the year of the outsider," or what to make of...
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